A young woman opens the door and looks at you askance. Whoever she was expecting, it wasn’t you!
Yes?
You? What would you like to know this time?
Does Riva have anything of interest to offer?
What, Riva? Are you joking? Nothing ever happens in this gods-awful hole!
Why, certainly, Riva is a magnificent city! What exactly are you interested in?
Sure, the brothel is at the far southwest corner of town.
Do you think the orcs and Holberkians are in bed with each other, too?
Now and again, sure - mostly at night, I’d say! Teeheehee!
Ah yes, they have a five-year-plan, at the end of which the entire Northlands will be theirs. - With the eight-year-plan following that, they’ll take the Central Empire!
Half a century from now, they’ll own all of Arkania, and half a millenium from now, all of Dere. - Provided they keep breeding at their present rate!
Perfectly ludicrous. It’s hard enough to teach them to speak, but to imagine that they actually make plans?!
Do you know the rat-catcher?
No! Do I look like I consort with ratters?
Yes, he visits me on occasion - sometimes even for an occasion!
Hey?! My private life is none of your business!
Do you believe there’s monsters in the sewers?
Yes! When the moon is full, they climb to the surface and massacre all who are out on the streets. It’s getting worse, too. There were half a hundred victims last time!
No, they’d be starving to death! The few curious souls straying down there can’t last for long, and Xebbert keeps catching the rats away from under their noses!
That depends entirely on what you consider a ‘monster’… There’s four-legged rats down there, two-legged ones, rat-catchers… - or maybe you’re scared of spiders?
Do you know anything about the guild or the tradesmaster?
I know everything! I’m the tradesmasters’s confidante! - No, I’ve been telling lies, I don’t know anything really!
Of course not! Who do you take me for?
It’s getting real crowded in the sewers! If they can’t lure enough gapers down, they’ll be eating each other soon!
Do you know Tarik?
Tarik? No, who’s he?
Yes, of course, he keeps trying to interrogate me, too!
You know hiiim? - Eeeh! I wouldn’t have thought thaaat!!!
What do you know about Bosper Jarnug?
He’s not going to get me into his bed!
He pays quite well for a night. - Yes, well, probably not for any of you!
A fairly lame lover! But then, money covers a lot of deficiencies.
[NAME] rolls [NAME] eyes. The woman is obviously laying it on thick.